even coach mike shanahan admits that. fox 5's lindsay murphy takes a look at griffin's career, just nine games in. ♪ >> reporter: you can't spell grace without the letters r-g. robert griffin, iii has carried the redskins with his arm and legs, exceeding expectations thus far in his rookie season. >> there's no question about that. if you told me at the midway point of the season that robert would be the most successful quarterback in the nfl for yards per play first, second, third down, i would literally say you were crazy. for a guy to be able to do that and still have limited turnovers has been pretty impressive. robert will be the first one to tell you it's not just him. they work together. robert would also tell you stats don't mean anything until you start winning football games. lot goes into it. but yeah, very proud of what he's done and i believe it will still get better. >> reporter: griffin's ability to run the option offense so well, so fast has him on pace for a record season n week 6, the vikings got a qui